Organizer: Indonesia Project, Australian National University
Type/Location: Hybrid / Canberra, Australia
Description:
Join the Indonesia Project at the Australian National University for a talk by Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan, historian of Southeast Asia and Lecturer at ANU, who will discuss the ancient Javanese economy, focusing on the benefice (sīma) system and its role in supporting monumental architecture and religious institutions, while addressing broader questions about fiscal structures, land use, and trade over eight centuries.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan is a historian of Southeast Asia, specialising in premodern Indonesia. He researched the inscriptions and manuscripts of the archipelago to find new ways of understanding the region’s peoples. He teaches the Indonesian language and Southeast Asian history. He is currently a Lecturer at the Australian National University.
Registration:
To attend the event in person, please register here.
To attend the event online, please join the zoom meeting here.